Can we get this engraved on backstops or dugouts or somewhere?
"But please don't mislead our younger and newer umpires by telling them that physical contact or an extreme altering of the runner's path is required for OBS. That's utter BS. ANY alteration, if caused by a fielder without possession of the ball, is OBS."
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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